The Business of Venture Capital: Insights from Leading Practitioners on the Art of Raising a Fund, Deal Structuring, Value Creation, and Exit Strategies by MAHENDRA RAMSINGHANI

Description

The Business of Venture Capital is the ultimate guide that offers a meticulous discussion of the venture capital business. This book discusses the field of venture capital without leaving any areas untapped. Its holistic presentation of information enables readers to understand complex information easier, understands terminologies and jargons, and weighs analytical logic with critical evaluation.

This comprehensively compiles insights and perspectives of advanced practitioners so that readers will:

Understand the overall structure, method, and system concerning venture fund and know how to evaluate and determine factors including Limited Partner, fund due-diligence criteria, and fund investment terminologies as discussed in part one.
Gather insights on the investment process, including important matters like investing opportunities, due diligence process, and investment terms presented in part two.
Learn and draw inspiration from accounts, testimonies, and insights from world-renowned practitioners in the field of venture capital.

About the Author

Mahendra Ramsinghani established the Secure Octane, a cybersecurity fund based in the San Francisco bay area. He engaged himself in over fifty pre-seed and seed-stage firms and institutions. His previous work background includes directorship in Venture Capital Initiatives for Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC).

Foreword

Preface

Acknowledgements

PART 1 Raising the Venture Fund

Chapter 1- The Basics
Chapter 2- Getting In
Chapter 3- Building Your Career as a Venture Capitalist
Chapter 4- The Universe of Limited Partners
Chapter 5- How Limited Partners Conduct Fund Due Diligence
Chapter 6- Defining Your Fund’s Investment Strategy
Chapter 7- How Institutional Investors Evaluate Fund Managers
Chapter 8- Fund Size and Portfolio Construction
Chapter 9- Performance Analysis
Chapter 10- Emerging Managers: A Promise of the Future
Chapter 11- The Venture Capital Firm, Operations, and Culture
Chapter 12- The Fund-Raising Process
Chapter 13- Terms of Investment: The Limited Partnership Agreement
Chapter 14- The Role of Placement Agents in Fund-Raising

PART 2 Making Investments

Chapter 15- Sourcing Investment Opportunities
Chapter 16-The Art of Conducting Due Diligence
Chapter 17- Management Team Diligence
Chapter 18- Diligence beyond Management
Chapter 19- Structuring Investment Transactions
Chapter 20- Serving on the Board
Chapter 21- Board Culture, Composition, Orientation
Chapter 22- Board Value Creation and Evaluation
Chapter 23- Challenges in the Boardroom
Chapter 24- Exit Strategies
Chapter 25- Acquisitions: The Primary Path to an Exit
Chapter 26- Initial Public offering
Chapter 27- Human Psychology

Afterword

About the Author

About the Companion Website

Index

Description

About the Author

Table of Contents